2016
23 Dec 2016, 8:35 AM
Tenders are to be called early next year for development of a new central storage facility...
15 Dec 2016, 9:20 AM
Northland Regional Council (NRC) offices will be closed from 2pm Friday 23 December until...
13 Dec 2016, 9:04 AM
Northland’s new Deputy Harbourmaster – whose resume includes a stint in command of what...
8 Dec 2016, 9:37 AM
Officials say there is little risk to the public after the discovery of an Australian...
8 Dec 2016, 9:20 AM
‘Use it or lose it’ is the message to Whangarei residents as a public bus route servicing...
5 Dec 2016
Boaties are being urged to use the popular Bay of Islands mobile summer rubbish barge...
2 Dec 2016, 2:44 PM
One dollar bus fares – and the chance to have a picture snapped with Santa – will be on...
24 Nov 2016, 2:55 PM
Northland’s Regional Harbourmaster is once again urging locals and visitors to follow a...
24 Nov 2016, 10:30 AM
Annual summer water quality tests have begun at Northland’s popular beaches, rivers and...
23 Nov 2016, 1:41 PM
People will have a new way of getting around the mid north shortly with a trial passenger...
23 Nov 2016, 9:59 AM
The most comprehensive survey of plant and bird life in a remote and ecologically special...
21 Nov 2016, 2:50 PM
A new biosecurity charter recognising the collective efforts of Far North marinas to...
17 Nov 2016, 10:01 AM
More than 180 students, teachers, family and community members have gathered at Whangarei...
14 Nov 2016, 3:10 AM
People along Northland’s east coast are being warned to watch for unusually strong...
10 Nov 2016, 9:20 AM
Apparent pranksters who repainted a historic Hokianga Harbour navigation marker are...
7 Nov 2016, 1:03 PM
Kerikeri’s Waipapa River has been named the most improved river in Northland at the New...
25 Oct 2016, 2:12 PM
Bill Shepherd has been elected unopposed to chair a new-look Northland Regional Council...
21 Oct 2016, 8:09 AM
A new year-round water quality sampling programme at Mangawhai Harbour will help officials...
14 Oct 2016, 9:12 AM
The official election result issued today has confirmed there will be five new members...
9 Oct 2016
Based on the preliminary results after yesterday’s local body elections, Northland...
26 Sep 2016, 12:13 PM
More than 250 people have taken up the opportunity to make early comment on an initial...
22 Sep 2016, 12:42 PM
Participants from around Northland gathered at Hukerenui School recently for a special...
21 Sep 2016, 11:56 AM
Five new projects worth almost $117,000 have been approved from a record Northland...
20 Sep 2016, 9:37 AM
An estimated 1500 boat hulls will be checked by divers between now and mid-May next year...
16 Sep 2016, 1:37 PM
Tens of thousands of voting packs for this year’s Northland local body elections will...
16 Sep 2016, 8:57 AM
Northland Regional Council has received an interim judgment today relating to the judicial...
14 Sep 2016, 1:20 PM
Biological and cyber warfare are two of the latest tools a multi-agency group is keen to...
13 Sep 2016, 3:11 PM
Time is running out for Northlanders to comment on an initial draft of an important new...
12 Sep 2016, 1:40 PM
A Kerikeri teenager’s ‘world-first’ research is shedding new light on a Brazilian leaf...
9 Sep 2016, 1:46 PM
Whangarei residents are being urged to leave their cars at home and take a free bus...
6 Sep 2016, 10:24 AM
Tsunami sirens from Te Hapua to Mangawhai will be tested when daylight saving starts later...
2 Sep 2016, 12:00 PM
Drought has cost Northland dearly in recent years, but a new study shows more than 90,000...
2 Sep 2016, 8:45 AM
Officials are continuing to urge Northlanders to watch for strong tides and currents today...
2 Sep 2016, 6:50 AM
People along Northland’s east coast are being warned to stay away from beaches and...
26 Aug 2016, 3:06 PM
The discovery of a previously unknown site of a critically endangered native aquatic plant...
26 Aug 2016, 11:25 AM
The vast majority of Northland’s most popular coastal swimming spots – and most of their...
25 Aug 2016, 9:08 AM
The idea of installing ladders for something without arms or legs may seem a little crazy;...
25 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Northlanders are being asked to be courteous and follow the rules – or risk fines and...
24 Aug 2016, 11:01 AM
A custom lightweight boat with an unusual bow-mounted electric motor that holds it in...
22 Aug 2016, 9:28 AM
Several dozen community members and senior secondary students are expected to receive...
17 Aug 2016, 9:30 AM
The Northland Regional Council has bought a Gillies St property intended to become an...
16 Aug 2016, 11:03 AM
Stock is currently excluded from about 40 percent of waterways ‘in pasture’ in the...
13 Aug 2016, 11:32 AM
Nineteen people have been nominated to contest the nine seats available on the Northland...
5 Aug 2016, 12:31 PM
Northlanders are being offered an early chance to comment on an initial draft of an...
22 Jul 2016, 9:20 AM
A recent residents’ survey has provided a baseline for the Northland Regional Council as...
12 Jul 2016, 2:11 PM
Free tips on how to tackle some of Northland’s worst pest plant pests will be on offer...
8 Jul 2016, 11:32 AM
An unwanted and aggressive Asian paddle crab species appears to have made itself at home...
8 Jul 2016, 11:21 AM
Environmental monitoring website Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) has expanded and now...
8 Jul 2016, 10:19 AM
A hardy group of possum trappers whose work requires them to camp out in the remote...
5 Jul 2016, 10:47 AM
The Northland Regional Council’s Dargaville office is on the move from its long-held...
4 Jul 2016, 2:10 PM
People keen to give local body politics a go and help shape Northland’s future are being...
4 Jul 2016, 10:26 AM
A revamped Whangatane spillway and associated 54-metre long stock bridge 2.5km downstream...
22 Jun 2016
The Northland Regional Council’s ‘business as usual’ Annual Plan 2016/17 has been formally...
9 Jun 2016, 8:57 AM
Using poplar poles to reduce soil erosion and getting a return from marginal land with...
7 Jun 2016
Boaties are being asked to take part in an anonymous online survey on when – and how often...
1 Jun 2016, 9:37 AM
A three-year review designed to ensure better long-term local authority planning for up to...
30 May 2016, 4:00 PM
Chair of the Northland Mayoral Forum and Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai today announced the...
27 May 2016, 2:23 PM
A $5.6 million comprehensive medical centre is to be built in Whangarei’s Reyburn St on...
24 May 2016, 3:29 PM
Smoke, helicopters and rescue vessels will be visible in the South Hokianga/Opononi area...
20 May 2016, 12:20 PM
The Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is closely monitoring a severe...
4 May 2016, 9:29 AM
Young people from many communities in the Hokianga have jumped at the chance to build...
2 May 2016, 9:55 AM
A 54-metre long stock bridge under construction as part of work designed to better protect...
29 Apr 2016, 8:48 AM
Managing major flooding emergencies complete with crocodiles invading households is not...
27 Apr 2016, 3:32 PM
Marae throughout Northland are being offered input and partnership from the Northland...
27 Apr 2016, 10:11 AM
Northland farmers and landowners keen to plant as little as five – or as much as 300 –...
26 Apr 2016
Time is running out for members of the public to have their say on the Northland Regional...
22 Apr 2016, 9:45 AM
People noticing activity including a council boat and oil spill clean-up equipment off...
20 Apr 2016, 9:16 AM
A local authority document that provides a broad direction and framework for managing the...
15 Apr 2016, 11:34 AM
Pest plant experts will be passing on tips on how to tackle some of the Northland’s worst...
14 Apr 2016, 10:23 AM
A clever IT initiative to help battle a marine pest has saved Northland Regional Council...
12 Apr 2016, 1:17 PM
Landowners keen to secure heavily subsidised poplars and willows to help control erosion...
9 Apr 2016, 2:25 PM
A multimillion dollar detention dam designed to better protect Whangarei’s Central...
5 Apr 2016, 9:11 AM
The public will have until early May to provide feedback on what the Northland Regional...
29 Mar 2016, 1:22 PM
Emergency services will converge by sea and air on Whangarei Harbour near Onerahi on...
16 Mar 2016, 1:26 PM
More than 40 students from five Northland schools have gathered near Kaikohe to gain...
9 Mar 2016
A public meeting on marine pests and how we can all help prevent their spread in Whangarei...
2 Mar 2016
Tsunami sirens from Te Hapua to Mangawhai will be tested when daylight saving ends early...
1 Mar 2016, 10:49 AM
Fifteen young people will get the chance to build hands-on emergency services skills in a...
26 Feb 2016, 8:55 AM
A tiny South American bug released in Northland five years ago as a biocontrol for tobacco...
18 Feb 2016, 9:07 AM
Northland’s dairy farms are collectively lifting their environmental compliance...
17 Feb 2016, 9:01 AM
A targeted rate designed to target pests which threaten kiwi and help eradicate selected...
11 Feb 2016, 11:25 AM
A Northland farmer’s unwavering determination to secure the resource consent compliance...
9 Feb 2016, 9:01 AM
The Northland Regional Council has added its voice to those welcoming the newly-released...
3 Feb 2016, 10:36 AM
Special aids to navigation light beacons designed to help keep boaties safe in Whangaroa...
22 Jan 2016, 3:00 PM
The Northland Regional Council is calling on central government to reveal more about its...
21 Jan 2016, 9:06 AM
Rabbit rissoles with garlic and fennel will be the wild food treat used to lure visitors...
11 Jan 2016, 11:00 AM
More than $400,000 worth of protection work designed to better protect Kaitaia and the...
6 Jan 2016, 12:45 PM
Five Northland schools and two kindergartens have reached important milestones through the...
5 Jan 2016, 10:11 AM
Tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of extra horizontal drainage has been installed to...
2 Jan 2016, 12:17 PM
The wet start to 2016 looks set to continue for another day or so, but the worst appears...
1 Jan 2016, 12:35 PM
This afternoon and early tomorrow remain the periods most likely to receive the heaviest...